Other people’s blogging and photography projects have inspired me again this year, but I’ve already completely missed capturing photos of local art around the city for February. (And apologise to Travelcraft Journal for missing it.) I’ve been frustrated by just being busy, by commitments to others, and by the weather. Oh yes, and on the few times I’ve had time and opportunity to do it, by my memory!
But today I want to try something new again. Happiness and Food has a regular item about trees. I love trees – they provide shelter, and drama through our windows, and they are home to my beloved tui and other birds. So this month, I’m going to start with the oak tree on the corner of our deck. It’s where the kaka play and copulate (occasionally, they haven’t visited the tree for a while), and where the tui love to sit and flit around, always flying off just when I grab my camera. It’s where we sit for shade on summer evenings when it is perfect to sit outside for a drink. In winter it is sculptural, and in summer it just adds to the green I see looking out the window. In autumn, I mourn as the last leaves disappear, and in spring I watch the buds eagerly for the first new, green leaf. And in the last year or two, as I’ve been learning how to use my camera properly, it has been the perfect subject on which to practise.
I didn’t like the tree when we first moved to this house, but now I couldn’t imagine the house without it.
These are photos I’ve taken previously:
A beautiful tree that is beautiful all year round! Lovely photos! An awesome tree!!
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So beautiful! (And is it weird that my eye went to the words “copulate” and then “tui love” immediately beneath?
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I would expect nothing less!
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Trees — yes. Do you know what kind of oak it is? I don’t know if you saw the post a friend put on my FB feed today, but a woman created a NY City tree font. It’s lovely, but it doesn’t seem to work on my computer. It’s fun playing in the little sandbox they created for the font though. http://nyctrees.org/ (and your photographs are lovely)
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Oh, that’s great! It didn’t work on my iPad when I first read that, so I’ve only just tried it again.
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I liked these trees they are so colorful and beautiful to the eyes:)
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Oh, beautiful! You have a really good eye for photography. Thanks for sharing your tree!
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I agree with Katherinea12… these are great photos! 🙂
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These are beautiful pictures and you are right that trees are the perfect subject to learn about the camera. I am so glad you chose to join Thursday Tree Love! Welcome! The shots of the oak are very beautiful and i am happy I get to see your part of the world.
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Isn’t it strange how things gradually grow on us and what we didn’t like at first become things we grow fond of! Lovely photos and glad to see them
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